Marrowthon: Horror Movie Mood Board

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Written By Aundria Parker

I love options. I love options when I’m ordering a sandwich. I love options when I get dressed. I love options when I sit down and want to watch a movie. The thing is, there are so many options—whether streaming or hitting up your own growing “to watch” pile—that it can be paralyzing to try and whittle down exactly what to watch, depending on your mood.

Allow me to ease that burden on your soon-to-be candy-addled brain. In honor of the season, here are 100+ easily accessible stand alone horror flicks from the 2000s, lovingly chosen and organized by feeling and frame of mind.

Recovering from illness or injury? Bodies are gross, miraculous prisons. Oozing, gaping body horror:

  • DEADGIRL

  • CONTRACTED

  • THE RUINS

  • ANTIVIRAL

  • EXCISION

  • RAW

 

 Work from home blues? Cubicle cabin fever? From the subtle to the splatter, a host of real career drama:

  • THE STYLIST

  • MAYHEM

  • THE BELKO EXPERIMENT

  • SEVERANCE

  • THE AUTOPSY OF JANE DOE

  • STARRY EYES

  • THE LIGHTHOUSE

 

 Academic stress got you down? Lean into it. Nothing you’re working on compares to these school-centric assignments:

  • M.F.A.

  • DREAD

  • TRAGEDY GIRLS

  • FREAKY

  • INITIATION

  • UNDOCUMENTED

  • MURDER PARTY

 

 Wondering what kind of demon you’d want to possess you? Contemplating the unfairness of the witch trials? We’ve all been there. Dabble in the dark arts, even if it’s only for one night:

  • THE LORDS OF SALEM

  • THE CLEANSING HOUR

  • ANYTHING FOR JACKSON

  • JENNIFER’S BODY

  • DRAG ME TO HELL

  • THE DEVIL’S CANDY

  • THE WITCH

 

 Think nostalgia is overrated? Everything old can be new again. Remakes, reboots, and redos that might be better than the originals:

  • THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT (2009)

  • THE HILLS HAVE EYES (2006)

  • THE CRAFT: LEGACY (2020)

  • CANDYMAN (2021)

  • EVIL DEAD (2013)

  • BLACK CHRISTMAS (2006)

  • SUSPIRIA (2018)

 

 Need to stick it to The Man? Start the revolution here. Forget about a Final Girl, these women run the entire show:

  • REVENGE

  • READY OR NOT

  • HUSH

  • MA

  • YOU’RE NEXT

  • JAKOB’S WIFE

  • EDEN LAKE

 

Attention span feeling worn down? Not all good stories need to be epics. Filler-free anthologies:

  • SOUTHBOUND

  • HOLIDAYS

  • THE MORTUARY COLLECTION

  • TALES OF HALLOWEEN

  • TRICK ‘R TREAT

 

Feel like you’ve been looking at the same few walls for the last, oh, 19 months? You’re better off staying put. Travel and vacation horror that will have you reconsidering that wanderlust:

  • FROZEN

  • THE LODGE

  • BLACK ROCK

  • BLOODY HELL

  • VACANCY

  • HATCHET

  • SCENIC ROUTE

 

Not feeling cooped up so much as cozy in your own place? They say home is where the heart is. Even if that heart is beating under the floorboards. Small town terror, haunted houses, and other scary stories that stick close to home:

  • THE LOVED ONES

  • ASSASSINATION NATION

  • HIS HOUSE

  • BETTER WATCH OUT

  • WOULD YOU RATHER?

  • THE BABYSITTER

  • THE DARK AND THE WICKED

 

Tired of meatsacks and their nonsense? Welcome to humanity! Escape with a creature feature, a monster mash, or an otherworldly visit: 

  • LATE PHASES

  • FEAST

  • COLD SKIN

  • SPRING

  • THE MONSTER PROJECT

  • AFTER MIDNIGHT

  • THE VOID

 

Need a little mind bend? Beautiful, dark, twisted, what-the-fuck-am-I-watching flicks for those nights when easy won’t do:

  • BRAID

  • TERRIFIER

  • TRASH FIRE

  • RESOLUTION

  • NOROI THE CURSE

  • SHE DIES TOMORROW

  • BASKIN

Aundria Parker

Aundria Parker writes about movies, pop culture, and herself, usually at the same time. As a geriatric millennial, she's seen and done things most have only dreamed of, like worked at a video store and made mixes on actual cassette tapes. Follow her on Twitter at @parkerandcooley for hot goss and icy cold takes on everything from Mickey Rourke to last night's dinner.

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